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Standard & Poor's Rating Services has raised the financial strength rating of Bermuda-based Tokio Millennium Re Limited to AA from AA-.
Meanwhile, A.M. Best has affirmed Tokio's financial strength rating of A+ (superior) and the issuer credit rating ...
DATE: May 28, 2007
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Q: I'm not sure what to make of Alcoa Inc. Should I keep its shares in my portfolio? — K.G., via the internet. The world's largest aluminium producer is expected to turn in record revenues for the next couple of years.
Global demand for aluminium is ...
DATE: May 26, 2007
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LONDON - Britain's leading share index reversed early losses to end flat before a long weekend break, as gains in miners on the back of rallying metal prices offset gloom in oil shares. The FTSE 100 closed up 5.1 points, or 0.08 percent at 6,570.5, f...
DATE: May 26, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rose in quiet session as investors adjusted positions ahead of a long holiday weekend and tried to determine whether a lacklustre week presaged a departure from Wall Street's months-long run-up or merely a temporary pause.
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DATE: May 26, 2007
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It used to be called "making a statement". Watch anyone today, anywhere, any time. We all send subtle (and sometimes not subtle) signals about what we stand for, what we want, who we think we are, and where we'd like to be seen in our societal strata...
DATE: May 26, 2007
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CHINA is trying to slow its breakneck pace of economic growth. The US could use a little of what China has too much of. Are the two countries working at cross purposes?
The notion of a global growth cycle, with countries taking their cues from the US...
DATE: May 26, 2007
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Shares of Butterfield Bank and Argus Group improved and helped the Royal Gazette / Bermuda Stock Exchange finish 12.39 points (0.24 percent) higher at 5,163.40.
Butterfield Bank stock was 20 cents (0.3 percent) higher at $60.20 after 375 shares were ...
DATE: May 26, 2007
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TORONTO (Bloomberg) — Canada's main stock index rose, led by energy and mining stocks, as oil and nickel prices rose. Royal Bank of Canada shares fell the most since August 2004 after the company's earnings missed analysts' estimates.Imperial Oil, Ca...
DATE: May 26, 2007
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WHEN the housing market brakes, millions of homeowners who think they are going to stay in their home for a while start asking a common question: Is it time to pay down the mortgage?
After all, adding extra money to your monthly payment isn't only a ...
DATE: May 26, 2007
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Of late, people have been wondering about the long-term strength of the US dollar. Has its value been permanently impaired by its fall in the currency markets in the past couple of years? Or is the fall merely one of the downs in an endless series of...
DATE: May 26, 2007
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